Hi, I'm totally new to addressable LED technology, and even though I tried to find answers on the OctoWS2811 page or the present forum, I would surely use some help. I have a partner who will do the programming part (didn't either ever touched this technology, but is usually a crack at programming, in general) so my part is to fix and solder the hardware so he can do the rest.
Looking at all the «intelligent» LED strips available to make our LED display, Google finally had me land on the OctoWS2811 page, which is truly great by the way, and which I chose. I bought 2 Teensy 3.1 (wasn't sure if only one would be enough for 10 lines), and 5 meters of RGB WS2811 LED's on Ebay, half a meter (34 LED's) per line. (http://www.ebay.com/itm/68-LEDs-m-5...proof-Individually-Addressable-/150989705281?)
The first option I thought of, using only one Teensy, was driving line 1 and 2 of my display (64 LED's) in serpentine to Teensy pin #2, same thing for line 3 and 4 (64 LED's) to Teensy pin #14, and the next 6 lines (32 LED's each) driven by appropriate Teensy pins. But then, configuration might be a problem.
The other option would be to drive all 10 lines as paired serpentines, to corresponding 5 pins on the Teensy. Will this be configurable, since I'm not using a multiple of 8 ?
Any advice would be appreciated, thanks in advance
Korg
Looking at all the «intelligent» LED strips available to make our LED display, Google finally had me land on the OctoWS2811 page, which is truly great by the way, and which I chose. I bought 2 Teensy 3.1 (wasn't sure if only one would be enough for 10 lines), and 5 meters of RGB WS2811 LED's on Ebay, half a meter (34 LED's) per line. (http://www.ebay.com/itm/68-LEDs-m-5...proof-Individually-Addressable-/150989705281?)
The first option I thought of, using only one Teensy, was driving line 1 and 2 of my display (64 LED's) in serpentine to Teensy pin #2, same thing for line 3 and 4 (64 LED's) to Teensy pin #14, and the next 6 lines (32 LED's each) driven by appropriate Teensy pins. But then, configuration might be a problem.
The other option would be to drive all 10 lines as paired serpentines, to corresponding 5 pins on the Teensy. Will this be configurable, since I'm not using a multiple of 8 ?
Any advice would be appreciated, thanks in advance
Korg